Specialisation:
Wiesław Oleś is an attorney-at law and founder of the Oleś Rysz Sarkowicz Law Firm, widely recognised for his work with private clients on complex legal and tax matters. He advises Polish entrepreneurs on succession planning, and he has for many years overseen the establishment and intergenerational transfer of family businesses for individuals featured on the prestigious ‘Forbes’ and ‘Puls Biznesu’ lists. Wiesław Oleś combines deep knowledge of Polish law with extensive experience in cross-border matters, particularly involving the regulations of Luxembourg, Portugal, Malta, Cyprus and the Netherlands.
Wiesław Oleś has over 30 years’ experience in the restructuring of corporate groups, including family foundations, closed-end investment funds and foreign companies. He has frequently advised financial law and capital markets law, in particular for investment funds and public companies.
Throughout his career, he has led numerous innovative legal projects, including the establishment of Poland’s largest private investment fund and the completion of Poland’s first cross-border merger.
Wiesław Oleś is a member of the supervisory boards of Modivo S.A. (formerly CCC S.A.), Black Red White S.A. and FORUM TFI S.A.
Areas of expertise:
- Family wealth management / Succession / Private Clients
- Reorganisations: mergers / demergers / international structures
- Financial law / Capital markets / Investment funds
Sample professional experience
- Legal supervision and strategic advisory on the first family foundation registered in Poland,
- Developing and implementing the concept for establishing Poland’s largest private investment fund management company,
- Conducting Poland’s first cross-border merger of companies,
- Long-term legal and tax support for Poland’s wealthiest entrepreneurs in the areas of asset protection and succession planning (Private Wealth).
Honours and awards:
- Ranked individually by Chambers and Partners in Private Wealth Law category (Band 1).
- Individual recognition (Leader) in the Rzeczpospolita ranking in the Private Clients category
Publications:
- Co-author of the Chambers Global Practice Guide: Succession & Estate Planning 2026
- Co-author of the commentary: Tax on Civil Law Transactions, published by Wolters Kluwer Polska.
Education:
- Law studies at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków
- Professional qualifications: attorney-at-law (admitted to the Bar and listed as a fully qualified attorney-at-law in 1993).
Foreign Languages:
- English – full professional proficiency
